CIMA STAR award is tagged as CIMA Leadership Awards 2014 and Sugeeth was awarded this in recognition of his outstanding contribution to his profession; namely – for globally being recognized as ‘tutor of the year’ in 2010 by CIMA, contribution in developing innovative curriculums at University of Kelaniya, developing the Chartered Accountants (CA) Sri Lanka new 2015 curriculum,  developing the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) Sri Lanka 2015 curriculum, and also developing the first industry based qualification for the BPO industry under a tripartite venture of CA Sri Lanka, SLASSCOM, & ICTA.